Car-seal.



G.B.H1 X.

OAR' SEAL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1, 1912.

VPatented June 3, 1913.

' the "stri staples.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, GALEN citizen of the United States, residin atPortland, county of Cumberland, State of Maine, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Car-Seals, of which the following is aspecilication.

This invention and particularly to an interlocking strip seal forsecuring freight cars, other places or containers which are intended tobe guarded against opening cxcept by onel authorized to break the seal.

It is the object of my-present invention to produce a seal which' shallbe simple and cheap in construction, and yet vpositive, in operationand'secure against the tam ering to which articles of this sort aresubjected.

In my invention I provide for the interlocking of the part-s and theguarding of the same so that when the seal is once closed it can not beagain opened without such `1nutilation or destruction as would be easilydetected by the most casual observation.

.The construction and operationof my device will be more fully describedin the specification which follows.

In the drawings which form a part of that specification I have shown aform of my device which I lind well adapted to manufacture and use.

Throughout specification` and" drawings kl like reference numerals areemployed to indicate corresponding parts and in the drawings: Figure lis a view of my seal in closed position and threaded through a pair ofFig. 2 is a sectional View on the line 2-2 of Fig. l. Fig. 8 a View ofthe blank prior to bending, and Fig. 4 a section through theinterlocking end of the seal on the line 4-4 of Fig. l. s i

I have indicated at l and 2 a pair oii'elements which are to be lockedtogether by means of staples 3 and 4 driven therein. These parts aremerely introduced by way of illustration of the use of the seal,

The seal itself comprises a strip 5 of tin or any suitable materialhaving on one end a lateral flap 10. This flap l0 comprises a portion101 adapted to overlie the end of 5, and a portion l02 adapted to bepassed eneath the end ol the strip 5, .forming a pocket The portion 101has a slightly swelled or raised section il which is adapted to overliethe tooth 12 which is struckaip Specification of Letters Patent.-Application filed July 1, 1912. Serial No, 706,918.

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and nally 1n 7 sides and ends of the overlapped portions as indicated.

Adjacent to the end 8 as indicated by the l s a double bend orgoose neck7 formed as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. One of'the folds of this bend isleft open to receive the forward edge of the portion 101 against whichit abuts when the strip 5 ofv the seal is looped through the portionswhich are to be sealed. end 8/is inserted beneath the-lower edgeof theportion 101 and shoved in until it rides Patentedjdiunet, 10d@ `from thebody ofthe metal' ofthefstrip' .5i Y F. HIX, a A

In closing the seal the free i over the tooth 12. In riding over thistooth it passes upward into the swelled or raised portion l1. Asitproceeds farther into the portion 101 it passes from the swell l1 intothe more flattened part of the portion 101. This forces the edd 8 ot thestrip down toward the' tooth 12 until the opening 9 is hooked over thetooth,'in which position the ends of the strip 5 are firmly lockedtogether. The goose neck 7 `prevents the strip from being crowded infarther to secure a' bucing which might unhook the opening. 9 from thetooth 12, while the tooth itself prevents thed end 8 from being a ainWithdrawn without breaking or muti ating the crimped portion of thefold.

Various modiiications may obviously be made in the forn and constructionor my invention, all :rithout departing from the spirit of my invcntioit within thelimits of the appended claim.

What'I therefore claim and desire to secure by, Letters Patent is:

A seal of the class described comprising-l` v a strip having an openingin its free eud,.a barbed lip struck up from the stri at its oppositeend, an integral'iiap formed) at one side. of said opposite strip endangllcoinprising a portion adapted to overlie'l'ne end of the strip, aportion to be passed beneath the end of the strip tn form a pocket, anda raised portion on said ap to arch the said up struck lip thereof, thefolds thas formed being; compressed longitudinally along the two sidesand across the strip,and a double bend integrally 'formed adjacent tothe free i where it is forced intoengagement with the i end of thestrip, one or" the fold'sof which barbed lip. 1o is left open to receivethe forward edge of In testimony Wheljeof I aflix my signature theoverlying portion of the integral flap in presence of two Witnesses.

against" which it abuts when theA strip is GALEN F. HIX. looped, thefree end of the strip being in- Vit-nesses: a serbed under the overlyingportion of the A.. T. MAXIM,

Hap and into the flattened part thereof, B. M. CLoUGH.

